Articles by Lorenzo García

Over four decades ago, when I joined Spanish Television from the broadcasting school to work as a dramatic programs scheduler, I enjoyed observing my office colleagues. The programming staff for the Second Channel...

Every human relationship or initiative involves certain mechanisms, channels, verbal and non-verbal codes that support the design and objectives of communication. It's an axiom recognized by all theorists that every...

Nearly every Spaniard, along with the traitors and dissidents who no longer wish to be counted as such, eagerly awaited the monarch's words during this particularly challenging year that, fortunately, is now ending...

Nearly forty years ago, on a rainy December morning, I married Mary Carmen, as tradition dictates. Like all newlyweds, we made a series of essential purchases for our household. We then...

On January 22, 2001, four months before his passing, Jesús Suevos welcomed Francisco Blanco and me into his modest apartment in Madrid's Argüelles neighborhood so that we could...

More than a year and a half ago, I wrote favorably here about Esperanza Aguirre, which sparked some debate on the website. My vindication of this undisputed leader...

My maternal grandfather, Fabián, worked at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th transporting minerals in carts (mercury) from the Soterraña mine near his native village (Muñón Cimero) in the council...

Around this time (summer of 1971), forty-one years ago now, I crossed the hills of Madrid's Casa de Campo in that venerable Japanese bus from PMM, heading to TVE's central studios, located in...

A few days ago, for family reasons, I traveled to La Rioja. I had never been to Logroño and was very pleasantly surprised by the city's atmosphere, its careful urban planning, and the treatment received from its inhabitants and employees of all...

I was never affiliated with the OJE (Spanish Youth Organization). I did join, at age ten, the Falanges Juveniles in that venerable center that even had a fireplace in the...